Q1 5 Hour Personal Challenge Proposal

For 5 hours first quarter, I want to interview my family about their lives before I knew them. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve become more privy to snippets of my parents’ personal lives before I existed; this is the kind of information you’re never interested in as a child, but that eventually begins to fascinate you when you grow into a time in your life when you want to connect / separate yourself from your parents (at least for me). For one project last year, I interviewed my grandfather about his experiences in WWII, and it got me more interested in talking to my family about our heritage and my parents’ experiences while I can. The thing is, I never seem to have the time. So: I will interview my parents and grandparents (~4 people), most likely in my own house on afternoons when I am not swamped with work, as respectfully and interestedly and accurately as I can, because I would like to have some motivation to better appreciate the journeys and history of the members of my family as I never really have.

(I’m not sure if this is at all acceptable for a personal challenge, but I thought I’d throw it out there.)